Harvest Moon Ball October 19th
Join us at the Harvest Moon Ball presented by the Auxiliary of Margaretville Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care Center. To request an invitation email your name and address to...
View ArticleThis weekend: See the fire towers glow and earn a badge
Above: Our Catskill Fire Towers badge on a proud hiker's backpack. Photo by Lisa Lyons. The Catskills fire towers are already pretty neat, but they're going to be especially awesome this weekend. For...
View ArticleHein blasts state for leaving Lower Esopus out of watershed pact
Above: Turbid water from the Lower Esopus mixes with clearer water in the Hudson River. Photo taken by Riverkeeper in November of 2011, when turbidity in New York City's Catskill watershed and the...
View ArticleThis weekend: Labor Day in the Catskills
Child of the corn: A young Catskillian ventures into a corn maze at the annual Bovina Farm Day, returning to Crescent Valley this Sunday.Still deciding how to spend Labor Day Weekend? The Catskills has...
View ArticleThe tree at Mine Kill Falls
Flickr user A Man Called ACME took this shot of a tree at Mine Kill Falls in Schoharie County over the Labor Day weekend. What photos did you take on your holiday? Upload them to our Flickr pool and we...
View ArticleNewsShed: Route 28 hot rodder breaks all the rules
Meet Steve Heller's Cro-Magnum: The body of a 2006 Dodge Magnum, the tail fins of a 1957 DeSoto, the bumpers of a couple of mid-century Cadillacs, and 160 silver bullets welded to the front grille....
View ArticleElection advertising in the Watershed Post
It's that time of year again: election season is upon us! Give your candidate a boost with an ad in the Watershed Post. Design is included in our low rates, and we're the best way to reach readers...
View ArticleNewsShed: Frosty nights ahead
A Catskills bumblebee forages on clover. Photo posted on Instagram this morning by Sean Mahoney.Happy Thursday, Catskills. The hour has come at last: There's a chance of patchy frost in tonight's...
View ArticleLocal primaries held Tuesday
Some local voters registered with a political party will have a chance to weigh in at the polls on Tuesday, September 10. The local races underway in the region may not be as headline-grabbing as...
View ArticleStorm tracker: Brace for thunderstorms, Catskills
A round of intense thunderstorms is headed east across upstate New York this afternoon. We're keeping track of fast-moving Catskills weather updates in the Storify post below. As we add new updates,...
View ArticleWith judge's ruling, DEP officers may finally get cop benefits
Photo illustration. The reservoir in the background is the Pepacton in Delaware County; photo by Timothy Cox, shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool.Since 9/11, the number of Department of...
View ArticleMTC breaks ground on a Catskills rural broadband network
The Internet: It really is a series of tubes. Photo of data cable by Flickr user Arild Nybø; published under Creative Commons license.A long-awaited project to bring high-speed broadband internet and...
View ArticleLark in the Park: Fish the Schoharie Reservoir
October 9, 2013 - 10:00amFish the Schoharie Reservoir, Oct. 9, 10:00 am. Join in an educational fishing experience where we will cover some interesting topics such as invasive species management....
View ArticleIt's official: Sean Eldridge announces Congressional run
Above: A video produced by Sean Eldridge's campaign, announcing the 27-year-old Democrat's bid for New York State's 19th Congressional district. Source: Eldridge's campaign website.With the release of...
View ArticleNewsShed: Three cheers for books
Above: Work begins in earnest at the Phoenicia Library this week, gutted by fire in March of 2011 and currently occupying a temporary space on Ava Maria Drive. According to a newsletter from library...
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